Ex-Chancellor at Illinois Quits New Mexico State Search

Submitted by Doug Lederman on November 12, 2009 - 3:00am

Richard Herman has withdrawn as a candidate to become the next president of New Mexico State University, The News-Gazette[1] reported. Herman's status as a finalist had raised eyebrows as he recent resigned as chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign amid a scandal over admissions preferences for politically connected applicants.